Joker wins the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival

The world's first Joker at the Venice Film Festival has already begun a huge swell for Todd Phillips' dark in the original story of the most famous fame of Batman. Now the festival has given Joker another boost by awarding him the Golden Lion, the highest distinction the festival can give.

Todd Phillips accepted the award in Venice (via the Hollywood Reporter), thanking Warner Bros. immediately. Pictures and DC Entertainment for their "out of their comfort zone and their daring drive against me and this movie".

Indeed, studios are generally not willing to take risks with comic films intended for an exclusively adult audience. Some rare exceptions have been 300, Sin City, and guardians, as well as Mark Millar's Kick ass and Kingsman franchises. However, Marvel and DC rarely took their characters to dark territory. Deadpool, the punisher and Blade are the only Marvel comic book characters to have received R-rated movies, and DC Comics has never taken one of its popular characters to this arena.

But Phillips did not hesitate to thank the man who made this film so compelling: star Joaquin Phoenix. The director praised the performances of Phoenix as well as the critics:

"There is no movie without Joaquin Phoenix. Joaquin is the most ferocious, brightest and most open-minded lion I know. Thank you for trusting me with your insane talent. "

Winning a prestigious festival award should increase the film's chances of making waves during the awards season. In fact, 2017 saw the winner of the Golden Lion The shape of the water go all the way to the Oscars, where he needed Best Picture. Then, last year saw Roma rake in a ton of nominations, including the best movie, although ultimately (wrongly) lost to Green paper.

But that's not necessarily a guarantee that Joker follow. The Golden Lion is not a good prognosis of the contenders for the best film. The last time the Gold Lion Award was awarded to a movie that was a key actor at the Oscars, The wrestler in 2008. So that does not mean Joker He will be able to impress the Academy enough to earn Oscar nominations, but if the buzz says anything about it, it's a safe bet that we'll see at least Joaquin Phoenix being voted best actor.

For the rest of the films awarded with the Venice Film Festival awards:

Venice 76 Awards

Gold Lion: Todd Phillips, dir. Joker

Grand Prix of the Lion of Silver Jury: An officer and a spy, directed by Roman Polanski

Silver Lion Best Director: Roy Andersson, About the infinite

Volpi Cup for best actress: Ariane Ascaride, Gloria Mundi

Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Luca Marinelli, Martin Eden

Best Screenplay Award: No. 7 Cherry Lane, directed and written by: Yonfan

Special Jury Prize: The mafia is no longer what she was, directed by Franco Maresco

Marcello Mastroianni Award: Toby Wallace, Babyteeth, directed by Shannon Murphy

Horizons Award

Best movie: Atlantis, directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych

Best director: Blanco in Blanco, directed by Theo Court

Special Jury Prize: Verdict, directed by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez

Best Actress: Marta Nieto, Madre

Best Actor: Sami Bouajila, A son

Best screenplay: Return, directed by Jessica Palud, written by Jessica Palud, Philippe Lioret, Diasteme

Lion of the future

Luigi De Laurentiis Award for the Lion of the Future for his first film: You will die at 20, directed by Amjad Abu Alala

Venice VR

Best virtual reality movie: The key, directed by Celine Tricart

Prize for the best virtual reality experience: A linha, directed by Ricardo Laganaro

VR Story Best Price: Girls from Chibok, directed by Joel Kachi Benson

Venice classics

Best documentary about cinema: Babenco: Tell me when I die directed by Barbara Paz

Best restored movie: ecstasy, directed by Gustav Machaty

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